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And Irma, we don't really give a crap about you, either.
Water, Water, Everywhere
Twenty-seven TRILLION gallons of water dumped on Southeast Texas in six days? That's what the various reports say.
And we say, "Big whoop!"
Wild-Westy, pavement-obsessedy Houston essentially destroyed, molded, and steeped in a toxic stew from chemical plants gone kablooey while the persistent deluge … [Read more...] about Hurricane Harvey, We Yawn in Your Direction

A South politician preaches to the poor white man
"You got more than the blacks, don't complain
You're better than them, you been born with white skin, " they explain
And the Negro's name
Is used, it is plain
For the politician's gain
As he rises to fame
And the poor white remains
On the caboose of the train
But it ain't him to blame
He's only a pawn in their game
— Bob Dylan
Let … [Read more...] about Sympathy for the White Nationalist Devil

*Photo by My Mom Is Wolves via Flickr.
Over the course of the last eight years or so I've written hundreds of articles on energy and the environment for the online magazine I co-founded — Transition Voice — and for a subsequent personal website of mine, Lindsay's List, which was devoted to women, energy, and the environment, the latter essays from which I folded into this website, … [Read more...] about Where Peak Oil Goes To Die